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… the threat that I worry the most about vis-a-vis Europe is not Russia, it’s not China, it’s not any other external actor. What I worry about is the threat from within. The retreat of Europe from its most fundamental values.”
It was the words that followed that sent shockwaves across Europe By negotiating with Russia over European heads and intervening in European politics, the United States is not only decoupling from, but deciding for and disrupting Europe,
We must do our best to achieve a lasting and just peace for Ukraine. This is possible with the unity of all partners: we need the strength of the whole of Europe, the strength of America, the strength of all those who want lasting peace,
Zelensky said on Telegram We experience now quite a difficult and very dangerous moment when both parts of the transatlantic community, so to say, are getting more and more away from each other,
former Polish prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki told AFP at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) near Washington [T ... T]he crisis this continent faces right now … is one of your own making.”
He told the astonished audience The Europeans are running around with their hair on fire,
said Max Bergmann, director of the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies Zelensky makes inappropriate remarks addressed to the head of state. He does it repeatedly,
The people decided to join Russia a long time ago,
he said, referring to Moscow-staged votes in eastern Ukraine held amid the offensive that were slammed as bogus by Kyiv, the West and international monitors Fate willed it so, God willed it so, if I may say so. A mission as difficult as it is honourable -- defending Russia -- has been placed on our and your shoulders together,
he told servicemen who have fought in Ukraine [t ... t]he Trump administration … believes we can come to a reasonable settlement between Russia and Ukraine”.
J.D. Vance’s speech touched on Ukraine in just half a sentence Today, at the risk of their lives and with courage, they are resolutely defending their homeland, national interests and Russia's future,
Putin said in a video released by the Kremlin This is a dialogue between two extraordinary presidents,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told state TV on Sunday I think that President Putin and President Zelensky are going to have to get together. Because you know what? We want to stop killing millions of people,
Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Friday [S]tark strategic realities prevent the United States of America being primarily focused on the security of Europe … The US is prioritising deterring war with China in the Pacific, recognising the reality of scarcity and making resourcing trade-offs. … As the United States prioritises its attention to these threats, European allies must lead from the front.”
On the future US relationship with Europe, he said You know, it doesn't affect the United States very much. It's on the other side of the ocean,
Trump added on Friday about the Ukraine war I think what is being asked of Europe now is not just to simply do a bit more -- but is for Europe to effectively take actions that would make it emerge, frankly, as a superpower,
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